Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem has topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, dated April 11, for its 43rd nonconsecutive week. This achievement raises his career total to 229 weeks at No. 1, further solidifying his lead in the chart’s 62-year history. Wallen first reached the summit on August 15, 2020.
Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart originated as Hot Country Albums on January 11, 1964, with Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash at No. 1. Over the decades, it evolved through names like Hot Country LP’s before settling on its current title. Now, 21 artists have accumulated 50 or more weeks at the top, dominated by male solo acts but including female artists and groups such as The Chicks and Alabama, the top-ranking group with 125 weeks. Charley Pride stands as the only Black artist on the list with 85 weeks. Morgan Wallen now holds the outright record ahead of Garth Brooks, who has 173 weeks. Other notables include Alabama (125 weeks), Willie Nelson (107 weeks), Taylor Swift (101 weeks) and Kenny Rogers (99 weeks). Wallen’s dominance is marked by rapid accumulation since his debut No. 1, with Dangerous: The Double Album logging a chart-record 97 weeks at No. 1 from 2021 to 2023, followed by One Thing at a Time with 87 weeks.